About Costanoa Venture
Costanoa Venture is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. It is primarily based out of Palo Alto, United States. As of Mar 2025, Costanoa Venture is an active investor, having invested in 41 companies, with 6 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Food and Agriculture Tech. Most recently it led the $22M Series A round of ForceMetrics along with Stand Together Ventures Lab. This round also saw participation from Growth Warrior Capital and other investors.
Overall, Costanoa Venture portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 15 acquisitions including key companies like 6sense, Return Path and Directly. A lot of funds co-invest with Costanoa Venture, with names like Foundry sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Costanoa Venture has team of 19 people including 14 partners.
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Costanoa Venture's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Costanoa Venture has invested in 41 companies over the last 13 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 5 investments, while as of Mar 2025, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Rerun and most recent follow-on round was in Aquabyte.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2021 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2020 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2016 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Costanoa Venture's Investments by Stage
Costanoa Venture has made 17 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.36M, 15 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $5.19M, 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $17.1M, 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $30M and 1 investment in Series F stage with an average round size of $35M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 17 |
Seed | 15 |
Series B | 3 |
Series C | 1 |
Series F | 1 |
Costanoa Venture's Investments by Sector
Costanoa Venture has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech, Enterprise Infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 39 Tech companies, 36 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 26 Software companies and at least 20 companies focusing on Saas.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 27 |
High Tech | 12 |
FinTech | 11 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 9 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 8 |
Others | 38 |
Costanoa Venture's Investments by Geography
Costanoa Venture has made most investments in United States (34), followed by Brazil where it has made 1 investment.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 31 |
Brazil | 1 |
Egypt | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
India | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Costanoa Venture's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Costanoa Venture:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Mar 20, 2025 | Sweden | Seed | $17M | [+9] | |
Oct 16, 2024 | United States | Series A | $22M | Govtech Fund [+4] | |
Sep 17, 2024 | United States | Series A | $12M | ||
Aug 28, 2024 | United States | Series A | $21.5M | [+5] | |
Jun 20, 2024 | United States | Series A | $7.4M | [+1] |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Costanoa Venture's portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
69 | Predictive intelligence engine for sales and marketing | 2013 | San Francisco | Series E | uyiswqa |
Team profile of Costanoa Venture
Costanoa Venture has a team of 19 membersÌý¾±²Ô³¦±ô³Ü»å¾±²Ô²µ 14 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 4 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United States. Costanoa Venture's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Costanoa Venture:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Palo Alto | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Los Altos | - | - | |
Partner | Palo Alto | - | ||
Partner | Palo Alto | - |
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Over the past 13 years, 254 investors have co-invested in Costanoa Venture's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Costanoa Venture:ÌýCostanoa, Sutter Hill Ventures and 63 others have invested in rounds before Costanoa Venture. There are 5 companies where Costanoa has invested before Costanoa Venture and 2 companies where Sutter Hill Ventures has invested before Costanoa Venture.
- Top Co-investors of Costanoa Venture:Ìý126 investors entered a company along with Costanoa Venture. These include investors like Foundry (2 companies).
- Invested after Costanoa Venture:ÌýA total of 63 investors have invested in Costanoa Venture's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Costanoa (3 companies), Triangle Peak Partners (2 companies) and Felicis Ventures (2 companies).
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